LaCie SSD USB 3.0 FastKey: Price and Speed Performance

For those of you who have a bit of money to spend over the busy shopping period and are in need of a new USB flash drive for your important work and leisure files, you may want to consider a new SSD-based key drive which LaCie has just announced.

As reported from Engadget, LaCie has just announced, unveiled and released their new USB 3.0 Fastkey which promises to transfer your 4GB worth of movies faster than you can boil the kettle and make a cup of tea.

LaCie’s Fastkey can deliver speeds of 260MB/sec, and it comes in storage capacities of either 30, 60 or a whopping 120GB. However, as nice as this thing looks, it will all come down to price in the end, and at either $149.99, $249.99 or $479.99 depending on which size you want, they don’t exactly come cheap!

Take a look at the press release over at Engadget, and let us know your thoughts on this SSD USB Key. They are available to buy now at LaCie.com.